Array to csv or excel in php

hallo there everyone.. i got an array from my database Help with Code Tags<http://www.daniweb.com/forums/misc-explaincode.html?TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=680> *PHP Syntax* (Toggle Plain Text<http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post1194347.html#> ) 1. $save=split("[|;]",$listOfItems); and what i want i s after making some changes to the attributes on the array above to export them on an csv or excel format but directly as a message to the browser .. i dont want it to be saved on the server ... what i cant understand from the examples i found on the net .. is how to handle the files and which are created cause i just have the array in a php file nothing more... another thing i have in mind is to export from the ldap server the files directly but seems to me as the wrong way to do it thanks